Kim Mun
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- Language: Kim Mun
- Alternate names:: Chasan Yao, Gem Mun, Hainan Miao, Jim Mun, Jinmen, Kem Mun, Kimmun, Lan Tin, Lanten, Lowland Yao, Man Lantien, Men, Mun, Shanzi Yao
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:mji
- Language family: Hmong-Mien, Mienic, Mian-Jin
- Number of speakers: 200,000
- Script:
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Introduction
Kim Mun is a language of China. It is spoken in Yunnan Province, 17 counties; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 13 counties; Hainan Province, 7 counties. Also in Laos, Viet Nam. .
Dialects
Dao Ho, Dao Quan Trang. Not intelligible with Iu Mien (See: Iu Mien). Lexical similarity: 78% with Iu Mien (See: Iu Mien), 67% with Biao-Jiao Mien (See: Biao-Jiao Mien?), 59% with Dzao Min (See: Dzao Min).
The Kim Mun Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | ʔdap44 |
to blow | pjɔm354, tjieo354 |
to breathe | luup31 sii31 |
to burn | ʔbuu354, saa53 |
to buy | maai31 |
to chew | njaai53 |
to climb | taao44 |
to come | ʔdaai33 |
to cook | tjou354 |
to count | tao354 |
to cry | njim354 |
to cut, hack | k'om31 |
to die, be dead | ʔdai53 |
to dig | viet13 k'ɔat31 |
to dream | bei44, ʔai44 bei44 |
to drink | hɔp11 |
to eat | njin53 |
to fall | blei53 djaa53 ʔdaai33 |
to fear | kum33 djaa13 |
to flow | gjou53 |
to fly | dai31, ʔat44 |
to grow | saŋ33 lo11 |
to hear | muŋ31 |
to hide | meem354 |
to hit | bap44 |
to hold | tjɔɔ13 |
to hunt | fan354 ʔaa354 |
to know, be knowledgeable | ʔbei13 |
to laugh | kjat44 |
to lie down | fei44 djaa53 |
to live, be alive | meeŋ13, saŋ33 |
to open, uncover | k'ooi11 |
to plant | sɔŋ354 |
to pound, beat | dim53 mei354 |
to scratch | njai354 keeŋ13 |
to see | tam31 |
to sew | kwan33 |
to shoot | fan354 |
to sit | ʔeet45 |
to sleep | fei44 (ŋwei53 gjoom33) |
to sniff, smell | hɔm31 |
to spit | djui31 djaan33 |
to squeeze | nieŋ354 |
to stand | tou354 |
to steal | nim53 |
to suck | luup31 |
to swell | ʔɔm44 |
to swim | kjeo33 vam13 |
to think | saŋ44 |
to tie up, fasten | t'ɔan31 |
to turn | vin11 kwai44 ʔdaai33 |
to walk | zjaŋ33 |
to vomit | ʔoo354 |
to yawn | kaa33 haao11 |